This is a quick explanation on the files and codes provided.


01_Data_Extraction

This is the "bash/shell/perl" part of the data preparation. The file parses the original WoS data format 

and converts it into a csv. Furthermore, it extracts the different waves of citation separately for each 

nobelist.

parse_ssci

This is a helper perl script which is used by "01_Data_Extraction" to read the WoS data structure.

02_CEM

This file implements the coarsened exact matching procedure using R. Results from here are then further 

processed by entropy balancing.

03_Entropy_Balancing and 03_Entropy_Balancing_econ

These files implement entropy balancing using Stata. One file 


04_Analyses.do

Regression analyses and plotting of results.


Concept UT Year Nobelist.xlsx

Contains the "starting articles" of nobelists.


T9 of found UTs

Contains the starting articles separated by author and defined by its T9 tag instead of the UT tag.


searched for UTs

Contains the starting articles in form of a regular expression.